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Politics

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:05 UTC

    Argentina creates an Antarctica Joint Command, under Defense guidance

    AJC will do the planning, management and execution of the maintenance and functioning of the Argentine bases and stations

    Argentina has created the Antarctica Joint Command, which will operate under the orbit of the Ministry of Defense and be responsible for conducting operations in Antarctica, and areas of interest, in a continuous and permanent way.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:03 UTC

    Vatican's Treasurer to stand trial in Australia on sexual abuse charges

    Last year, Pell stated publicly, “I am innocent of these charges, they are false. The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.”

    A magistrate in Australia has ordered Cardinal George Pell, one of the Vatican's senior-most officials, to stand trial on sexual abuse charges involving allegations from multiple individuals dating back decades.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 09:40 UTC

    Rousseff in Buenos Aires to join Labor Day and launch a book on Lula

    The ex Brazilian president will be launching on Tuesday a book dedicated to Lula da Silva, titled, “Lula: truth will prevail”

    Brazilian former president Dilma Rousseff will be joining May first Labor Day activities in Argentina, and participate of a special ceremony at the Argentine unions federation umbrella organization, CGT.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 07:20 UTC

    WhatsApp CEO steps down: allegedly clashes with parent company Facebook

    “The team is stronger than ever and it'll continue to do amazing things... And I'll still be cheering WhatsApp on - just from the outside”, said Mr. Koum

    WhatsApp chief executive Jan Koum is to quit the popular messaging service he co-founded. In a post on Facebook, he said he was “taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology”. However, according to a Washington Post report earlier on Monday, Mr Koum had clashed with parent company Facebook over Whatsapp's strategy.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 07:09 UTC

    Lula da Silva and PT chief Hoffmann hit with fresh corruption charges

    Authorities allege that Lula, along with Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, were given access to a US$40 million slush fund in 2010 funded by construction company Odebrecht

    Imprisoned former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, along with the current leader of the Workers Party he founded, was hit on Monday with fresh corruption charges by federal prosecutors.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 07:00 UTC

    Tariffs dispute: Trump extends deadline for a month to EU, Canada and Mexico

    The Trump administration has reached agreements-in-principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil, according to the White House statement

    President Donald Trump will delay imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Mexico and Canada until June 1 as he finalizes deals with them, the White House said in a statement. The administration has reached agreements-in-principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil, according to the statement, which the White House released late Monday night.

  • Monday, April 30th 2018 - 20:28 UTC

    Sajid Javid, second generation migrant appointed Home Secretary

    The new Home Secretary started with a pledge to the Windrush generation: “This never should have been the case and I will do whatever it takes to put it right.”

    Sajid Javid has promised to “do whatever it takes” to put right problems faced by the Windrush generation after he succeeded Amber Rudd as United Kingdom's home secretary. Mr Javid said as a second generation migrant he was “angry” at the treatment of those caught up in the saga. He also disowned the “hostile environment” tag attached to the government's migration policy.

  • Monday, April 30th 2018 - 20:24 UTC

    Lords vote amendment giving MPs power on a Brexit deal

    The amendment would allow Parliament to determine the government's course of action if MPs rejected the deal or if the UK and EU were not able to reach one

    Lords have voted to give Parliament a potentially decisive say over the outcome of Brexit talks. An amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill giving MPs the power to stop the UK from leaving without a deal or to make Theresa May return to negotiations was approved by 335 votes to 244. Its supporters said Parliament, not ministers, must “determine the future of the country”.

  • Monday, April 30th 2018 - 09:00 UTC

    Massive peaceful turnout in Nicaragua, with a month mediation of the Church

    The rally took place just hours after university students at the forefront of anti-government unrest issued conditions for talks with President Daniel Ortega.

    Thousands of Nicaraguans marched peacefully through the capital Managua on Saturday in a mass demonstration to demand justice following the violent suppression of a wave of protests that left at least 43 people dead. During the rally, which was called by the Catholic church, Managua's bishop issued a deadline of one month to see if there was a serious intention to achieve change through a national dialogue aimed at resolving issues that triggered the country's worst unrest in 11 years.

  • Monday, April 30th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

    Two supporters of Lula da Silva injured with gunshots in Curitiba

    The vigil outside the federal police building began on April 7, when Lula, who is 72, entered the building to begin a 12-year sentence for corruption.

    A man was seriously wounded early on Saturday when a gunman opened fire on a vigil in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, where former president Lula da Silva is serving time for corruption, his party said.